THISDAY gathered that the villagers in the Zamfara communities before the attack were informed of a possible invasion and they came out en masse armed with local weapons including fabricated guns, and waited for the arrival of the bandits.
According to a local identified as Abubakar Nura, unlike previous times when everybody toiled to take to heels for safety, this time, the bandits that invaded the Zamfara communities had unexpectedly received firepower by the locals from various angles, the situation which forced them to retreat.
